Crystallization behaviors and morphology of polypropylene containing nucleating and degradation agents

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Yu, Jie ^a,b,d   Zhang, Minmin ^a,b   Chen, Xiaolang ^c   Lu, Shengjun ^b   Luo, Zhu ^a,b   He, Min ^b  

^a National Engineering Research Center for Compounding and Modification of Polymeric Materials   (China)

^b GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d National Engineering Research Center for Compounding   (China)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Morphology; Nucleating agent; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; COLLOIDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIGITAL CAMERAS; DYNAMIC POSITIONING; GELATION; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; NUCLEATION; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); PHOTODEGRADATION; POLYPROPYLENES; PUMPING PLANTS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; THERMOPLASTICS;

BENZYLIDENE; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIORS; DEGRADATION AGENTS; DICUMYL PEROXIDES; NUCLEATING AGENT; NUCLEATION EFFECTS; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; STRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTS; WIDE ANGLES; X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

PLASTIC PRODUCTS;

EID: 58149269428     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: 1525609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222340802561490     Document Type: Article

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